Citation

Elibol A, Sar Kaya S, Adademir T, Rali KK. Anadolu Kardiyol. Derg. 2013; 13(4): E23.

Affiliation

Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey. taylanadademir@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Birikim Yayincilik)

DOI

10.5152/akd.2013.130

PMID

23618990

Abstract

A 29-year-old prisoner was referred to our hospital with a suspi- cious intramyocardial foreign body.

After closer questioning, it was discovered that he had inserted a sewing needle into his left parasternal region seven months ago. He was symptomless until last month that he had admitted to a local hospital with a pleuritic chest pain. According to the local hospital clinical records, his chest radiography had revealed a left sided hemothorax that had been treated with tube thoracostomy procedure and a narrow linear metallic density along the left border of the heart. The patient was referred to our hospital for further treatment....

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